February is a month for Hallmark cards, conversation hearts, boxes of chocolates, dozens of roses, and romance. Want to tell that special someone just how you feel with a creative twist? Try these great wines under $20 from wineries who can see the value in sometimes being just a little risqué. The wines in these [...]
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Started by Mike Sharon and Tom Glase, Balboa Winery in Walla Walla, WA, approaches winemaking with a vision of creating approachable wines that are appealing to both the connoisseur and newcomer alike. Tom sources the grapes from some of Walla Walla’s best vineyards (Pepperbridge, Seven Hills, and Stone Valley) as well their cousins further west [...]
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In my tenure pouring wine at events and in tasting rooms, I’ve heard much ado made about wine and chocolate pairings. Nothing was more frustrating for me than to pour a luscious Cabernet Sauvignon (perfectly delightful on its own), only to be met with exclamations of “Oh do you sell any chocolates? This would be [...]
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One of my favorite recipes for any afternoon get together are these little BBQ Brisket Hustlers. Sometimes I make them full size, but when there are a lot of people and a lot of food, you want everyone to try everything without over stuffing! I love a bright and fruity white wine with this dish. [...]
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Sacramento at dawn. By Grey Wolf1
The Unified Wine and Grape Symposium (the Mecca of all wine trade shows) is next week in Sacramento, CA and your fearless friends at AmericanWinery.com, specifically Winery Relations team Lindi Kauer and Stacy Buchanan along with Founder/CEO Lloyd Benedict, will be there in full force! Thankfully, this year we’re forgoing [...]
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My friend recently received a wine aerator as a birthday gift. Many of you have probably seen this device, but it was a new toy for me. The process is very simple - as the wine is poured down through the top hole, two tiny pathways on opposite sides of the conical super-decanter rapidly suck [...]
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I enjoy a game night just as much as the next person, but I tire quickly of Scrabble, Monopoly, and most card games. My supreme dominance in most game night fare makes the evening boring for me and frustrating for my competitors. I was looking for a challenge.
Enter Winerd, the Game. This baby has it [...]
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Marden lightning via Elsie esq.
I was alerted to a fascinating article from the NewScientist over on Jason Bordley’s L’Oenophile blog. This article introduces the idea of artificially aging wine with an electric field. By exposing cheap, young wine from China to a 600 volt current for 3 minutes, researchers saw marked improvements such as better [...]
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We have a Flip’n Winner!
Our Flip for Wine Giveaway ran from November 14th through December 31st. We held our drawing and are pleased to announce that we have a WINNER!
Congratulations to Robert Brandt, who will be receiving his Flip Video ™ Camcorder and an AW schwag pack next week.
There’s good news for those of you [...]
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Luigi Bormiolo was a new name to me when I took some time to visit their breath-taking website. I’ve come to see they are a premiere wine glass (among other glass products) manufacturer with brilliant design-work.
I highly recommend checking out their website for the incredible scrolling graphics, great layout and the ability to drag, scroll [...]
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Image via ricoeurian
National Geographic has a short list of hangover remedies from around the world on the ‘Features Page’ of their website.
If using one of these cures doesn’t do the trick, let the alchemist in you fuse a custom concoction - a blended super-beverage created for the sole purpose of hangover extermination. If you already [...]
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Superbowl Sunday is one of the greatest things about the New Year, a day that is perfect for entertaining with appetizers and small bites. Add wine to the mix and you have a classy shindig - and more room for food . . . ever notice how beer just makes you full?
For a simple yet [...]
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Anyone can throw out the claim that they like to expand their palates, especially because this usually requires drinking wine, which doesn’t take much arm-twisting. But when the topic of New Year’s wine resolutions came up, I realized that it required more effort than saying, “I’d like to try more wine.” Duh. So, to take [...]
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Anyone can throw out the claim that they like to expand their palates, especially because this usually requires drinking wine, which doesn’t take much arm-twisting. But when the topic of New Year’s wine resolutions came up, I realized that it required more effort than saying, “I’d like to try more wine.” Duh. So, to take [...]
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